Well most people wouldn't really know the name of a company like that until they were 15 or so, and 30 is when the back pain really starts to hit so it seems pretty accurate.

[-] DingoBilly@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

Yes, anyone over 30 is super old omg lol. I can't even imagine how horrible it must be!

[-] LemonDrop@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

Do you mean this?

[-] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 22 points 8 months ago

So every GameCube owner? Since the GC has a “Graphics by ATi” sticker on the front.

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 8 months ago

i would have went with this rule

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[-] obinice@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

Is ATI not still around? I thought I still saw Radeon GPUs pretty regularly, no?

[-] aluminium@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago

They got bought up by AMD and their mobile GPU division got bought by qualcom.

[-] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 8 months ago

Adreno is an anagram of Radeon

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[-] Satelllliiiiiiiteeee@kbin.social 17 points 8 months ago

AMD bought ATI a while ago. The ATI brand hasn't existed for about as long but AMD kept branding their GPUs with Radeon

[-] eldain@feddit.nl 16 points 8 months ago

Athlon64 days!

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[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 8 months ago

they do, but for the reasons you think ;)

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 months ago

I love being 46 and in relatively good health. I remember ATI and nothing aches (งツ)ว

[-] CertifiedBlackGuy@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Fuck you, I wish you a continued long and healthy life ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

[-] hernanca@beehaw.org 15 points 8 months ago

How about this one:

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 8 months ago

Security Industry Specialists?

I worked for them. And also won a CLA against them for not paying my or my coworkers wages.

[-] hernanca@beehaw.org 6 points 8 months ago

Damn, I hope you got a good payout. The logo is for a taiwanese foundry called Silicon Integrated Systems; they used to make very cheap chipsets and stuff like that.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 8 months ago

I had one of these, it was terrible, me and my friends called it The Cyst.

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[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago

Mid 40s and the two weeks my buddy lent me his voodoo 2, which was CPU-INDEPENDENT, were some of the best times I had playing FF7 on my DX4. I should have my prostate checked.

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[-] khannie@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

ATI 9800 pro held a special place in my heart. If I remember correctly it's what I played half life 2 on.

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

IIRC that was the ideal GPU to play Half-life 2. My 9700m could not keep up. I was only 16 at the time, so I fell for the lies from the DELL salesman when I was buying my first gaming machine for that game. He told me that mobile GPUs are almost as good as desktop GPUs, and that the 9700m was almost as good as the 9800 desktop card. It was not.

Barely got 30 FPS on medium, and I couldn't run it at the laptop's native resolution of 1900x1200. Had to settle for 1280x800 and the crappy upscaling of the time.

I worked my ass off an entire summer for that stupid brick of a laptop (it was a first gen XPS, BTW), and it couldn't even do 60 FPS in the latest games. I was betrayed so hard by that purchase that I learned how to build my own PCs so I'd never have to settle for an overpriced "gaming" laptop ever again.

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[-] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

I remember the Voodoo brand cards, so not only do my back and knees hurt, but I should probably start getting my prostate checked.

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hah! Jokes on you my back started hurting when I was 10 and my knees when I was 18! :'(

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[-] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 11 points 8 months ago

I mean the cards were much lighter over what's made today.... So backs are ok.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

FUCK YOU, also yes :(

[-] TunaLobster@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

FFS. My first GPU was an ATI 9250. My knees are fine thank you!

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

My back and knees hurt back when AMD bought ATI.

[-] pandacoder@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

My knees are fine and my back doesn't hurt from age.

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[-] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 9 points 8 months ago

My first Video card was Cirrus Logic. Spent $110 dollars to get 2 512KB memory chips to add to the card, but combined the 2MB video made Wing Commander III look great!

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 8 months ago

Consider getting a coloscopy.

[-] AlfredEinstein@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

They let you shit in a box and mail it now.

But remember, there is a specific lab you're supposed to send it to.

[-] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

But remember, there is a specific lab you're supposed to send it to.

Not true. You can always send it to my boss's house if you'd prefer.

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 8 months ago

I remember this brand fondly but, my back and knee pains aren't from age but from getting side-swipped by an SUV on my motorcycle a few years ago. 30s isn't old, it's just adult, instead of young adult of the 20s.

[-] sartalon@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I've started yelling at clouds too. Are you happy now?

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 months ago

I work in IT supporting cloud based architecture. Yelling at clouds is my job.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

Get off my lawn

[-] LifeLikeLady@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

My back hurt when this brand was still separated from AMD.

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[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

fuck you

it's just my back. My knees are perfectly ok somehow

[-] Sharpiemarker@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago

Yep

[-] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 8 months ago

Fuck you No I'm actually doing very good. I know the brand from my parents

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Pfff. I had a Compaq laptop with a "blazing fast 12mbps" Express WiFi card. Everything hurts.

[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 8 months ago

That's just mean :(

[-] DestroyerOfWorlds@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

gonna fire up my ATI capture card and get my STANDARD DEF XL-1 footage into FCP 2.1....probably lay down some sweet Thievery Corporation track as a my background music.

How the fuck am I nostalgic for that?

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago

Only 25 but yes they do hurt.

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

If you remember this brand and your back and knees hurt you probably shoulda spent more time exercising, but the good news is it probably isnt too late to eat healthy and take care of your body.